Intel Xeon E3-1240 vs AMD FX-8320

What is the difference between Intel Xeon E3-1240 and AMD FX-8320. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

701Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score525
2561Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2494
5270PassMark CPU Mark Rating
1714PassMark Single Thread Rating

Processor Specs

Intel Xeon E3-1240ProcessorAMD FX-8320
3300 MHzFrequency3500 MHz
3700 MHzMaximum Frequency3700 MHz
4Cores8
8Threads8
80 WTDP125 W
Sandy BridgeCodenameVishera
Socket 1155 LGAPackageSocket AM3+

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

754Single-Core Score534
2779Multi-Core Score2812
Geekbench 5.4.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)
Dell Inc. OptiPlex 990ModelGeneric
Dell Inc. 0D6H9TMotherboardASRock 970A-G/3.1
BalancedPower PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

Intel Xeon E3-1240NameAMD FX-8320
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7IdentifierAuthenticAMD Family 21 Model 2 Stepping 0
3.25 GHzBase Frequency3.50 GHz
3.65 GHzMaximum Frequency3999 MHz
Socket 1155 LGAPackageSocket AM3+ (942)
Sandy Bridge-WSCodenameVishera
32.0 KB x 4L1 Instruction Cache64.0 KB x 4
32.0 KB x 4L1 Data Cache16.0 KB x 8
256 KB x 4L2 Cache2.00 MB x 4
8.00 MB x 1L3 Cache8.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

8.00 GBSize16.00 GB
657 MHzFrequency799 MHz
DDR3 SDRAMTypeDDR3 SDRAM
2Channels2

Geekbench 5 result (single)

754Single-Core Score534
812Crypto Score799
727Integer Score535
804Floating Point Score 489
812
1.38 GB/sec
AES-XTS799
1.36 GB/sec
856
4.33 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)709
3.59 MB/sec
815
38.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression640
30.3 Mpixels/sec
730
2.06 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)582
1.64 MTE/sec
695
816.2 KElements/sec
HTML5475
557.8 KElements/sec
676
211.8 Krows/sec
SQLite521
163.4 Krows/sec
713
38.7 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering513
27.9 Mpixels/sec
687
218.8 KB/sec
Text Rendering422
134.5 KB/sec
697
5.43 Klines/sec
Clang549
4.28 Klines/sec
694
8.04 images/sec
Camera464
5.38 images/sec
797
996.6 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics430
538.4 Kpairs/sec
767
4748.9 FPS
Rigid Body Physics414
2565.5 FPS
698
38.4 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur378
20.8 Mpixels/sec
753
5.79 images/sec
Face Detection456
3.51 images/sec
778
19.2 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection382
9.41 Mpixels/sec
1296
63.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1035
50.8 Mpixels/sec
1342
18.3 Mpixels/sec
HDR947
12.9 Mpixels/sec
792
635.9 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing546
438.3 Kpixels/sec
539
4.83 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion348
3.12 Kpixels/sec
842
26.9 Words/sec
Speech Recognition617
19.7 Words/sec
579
22.4 images/sec
Machine Learning281
10.8 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2779Multi-Core Score2812
2999Crypto Score2637
2740Integer Score2830
2828Floating Point Score 2801
2999
5.11 GB/sec
AES-XTS2637
4.50 GB/sec
3649
18.5 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)4289
21.7 MB/sec
3490
165.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression3777
178.7 Mpixels/sec
1908
5.38 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1866
5.26 MTE/sec
2659
3.12 MElements/sec
HTML52608
3.06 MElements/sec
3040
952.3 Krows/sec
SQLite3108
973.8 Krows/sec
3034
164.6 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering3067
166.4 Mpixels/sec
2169
691.2 KB/sec
Text Rendering1979
630.6 KB/sec
2811
21.9 Klines/sec
Clang3170
24.7 Klines/sec
2392
27.7 images/sec
Camera2466
28.6 images/sec
3076
3.85 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics2472
3.09 Mpairs/sec
3609
22356.7 FPS
Rigid Body Physics2965
18366.8 FPS
2430
133.6 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2413
132.6 Mpixels/sec
3027
23.3 images/sec
Face Detection3241
25.0 images/sec
3074
75.8 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2493
61.5 Mpixels/sec
4123
202.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting5260
258.0 Mpixels/sec
5350
72.9 Mpixels/sec
HDR5567
75.9 Mpixels/sec
3309
2.66 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing3394
2.73 Mpixels/sec
2192
19.6 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion2117
19.0 Kpixels/sec
2035
65.1 Words/sec
Speech Recognition2423
77.5 Words/sec
1134
43.8 images/sec
Machine Learning1141
44.1 images/sec